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Safari so good for elephant house

Materials made by leading one-stop-shop building The new elephant house features 1,000 linear metres Gary Gilmour, general manager, Blair Drummond AS35 panels are manufactured in a quality process
products manufacturer Steadmans have been used to of Steadmans’ AS35 100mm insulated panels; vital Safari & Adventure Park, said: “Our relationship certified to ISO 9001:2008, using non-ozone
build a new elephant house at Blair Drummond Safari for ensuring its temperature does not dip below the with Steadmans goes back more than 20 years. depleting technology. This provides designers with an
& Adventure Park, near Stirling. minimum permissible 16 degrees Celsius. In addition, For the elephant house, we needed a professional environmentally-responsible product, with excellent
Steadmans supplied 1,000 linear metres of zed purlins, company which would give us good advice and thermal performance and a predicted service life
The house is a key part of the new elephant habitat 200 linear metres of eaves beams and 225 linear deliver on time. Steadmans again displayed first- of 40 years. Available in a range of thicknesses,
which accommodates three elderly female elephants metres of cee sections for the structure. class knowledge about the materials we needed and the panels can be specified to achieve insulation
and its completion marks the end of a five-year delivered a quality service. There were no hold-ups in U-values, aiding compliance with the latest L2
redevelopment of their enclosure, with the construction Steadmans also provided 240 linear metres of the materials being delivered and everything arrived regulations. The panels are also Loss Prevention
phase having taken more than 18 months. Steadmans rooflights, plus sag bars, eaves and knee braces, side on time. We’ll definitely use the company for future Certification Board approved.
has previously provided materials for accommodation rail struts, diagonal wires, cleats, fixings and flashings projects too.”
at the park housing giraffes, chimpanzees, lemurs, for the elephant house. Blair Drummond Safari & Adventure Park, occupying
bears and rhinoceroses. Comprising two outer steel skins with an integral 120 acres, opened to the public in 1970. The site
PIR insulation core, Steadmans’ AS35 insulated has several drive-through reserves and a boat
panels are available in a wide range of colours and safari for visitors; other animals resident at the park
complement their broad variety of pre-engineered include camels, tigers and zebras. Blair Drummond
construction products, such as gutters, rooflights and keeps several exotic and endangered animals in its
doors. collection and takes part in captive breeding and
research programmes for endangered species.

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